UC Santa Barbara senior projects

Aria Bauman surveyed and interviewed students in a field ecology class to determine the effectiveness of a field course and the value of having a field component. Pictured monitoring plant phenology to help me with summer fieldwork (on the right).

Josie Lesage determined the effects of fog drip on water relations of Artemisia californica (California sagebrush). Pictured here performing pre-dawn xylem pressure potential measurements. She is now a graduate student in Ecology at UC Santa Cruz. Her work resulted in a publication.

Worked with four enthusiastic incoming freshman on various fog projects. (Bianca Felix, Kellie Toyofuku, Jason Dai and Jessica Bullington)

Jack Kent Cooke Bridges Mentor

Worked with four ambitious community college students looking to excel in the sciences. (Carlos Godinez, Karla Elias, Atl Arredondo, Michael Morey)
Pictured below is the construction of fog collectors for Josie’s senior thesis project

Summer Research Mentorship Program

Worked closely with a high school student to develop a small summer project. (Brandy Nisbet, in the center)